How Do Sinkholes Form?

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @DailyDoseOfInternet
    @DailyDoseOfInternet 5 лет назад +14327

    Thank you!!!

    • @aliciagibson6224
      @aliciagibson6224 5 лет назад +306

      Love your video's

    • @nscalia8429
      @nscalia8429 5 лет назад +156

      I love your video's

    • @Storm-lu2ce
      @Storm-lu2ce 5 лет назад +84

      Bleh

    • @jessmallory6591
      @jessmallory6591 5 лет назад +143

      Hi! I wanted to say since not many other people have commented on this that I really like your videos and thank you for being my attention to this channel!!

    • @vtablesalt8341
      @vtablesalt8341 5 лет назад +20

      Oh hello

  • @kamyarnemati
    @kamyarnemati 4 года назад +2762

    Now, every time I'm in my car waiting for someone or driving down the streets, I can think of nothing but a huge void underneath the asphalt that can open up and swallow me at any moment. Thank you!

    • @bassdrumflextime1253
      @bassdrumflextime1253 3 года назад +26

      same lmao

    • @Crucisphinx
      @Crucisphinx 3 года назад +71

      It should make you feel better that you’ll probably not die from it, your car probably has lots of safety features that’ll prevent death in this case, including your airbags. I’d only be concerned if you live in a place where your roads are traveled very very rarely, and even then usually someone’ll notice a sinkhole before you’d run out of water down there

    • @yamahaeipamaha8472
      @yamahaeipamaha8472 3 года назад +37

      @@Crucisphinx all the rubbish falling on you and crushing your car will definetly kill you

    • @bigboi4269
      @bigboi4269 3 года назад +20

      @@yamahaeipamaha8472 that falls before you do

    • @yamahaeipamaha8472
      @yamahaeipamaha8472 3 года назад +10

      @@bigboi4269 Some of it

  • @skylertan1691
    @skylertan1691 4 года назад +5858

    When your teacher put this video in your classroom: OK, this is gonna be boring.....
    When you discovered this video by yourself: This look fun. I should watch.

    • @botter_my_totter
      @botter_my_totter 4 года назад +109

      So true 😂😂😂

    • @ianc1097
      @ianc1097 4 года назад +27

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @donmizza
      @donmizza 4 года назад +30

      Its soooo true 😂

    • @skylertan1691
      @skylertan1691 4 года назад +160

      @Opecuted yea True. The teacher will stop the video and say a lot of useless thing.

    • @Mumbo_Jumbo
      @Mumbo_Jumbo 4 года назад +7

      Lol true

  • @DJdoppIer
    @DJdoppIer 4 года назад +675

    (4:47) - Nothing represents fear like the googly eyes on that car.

  • @physicsgirl
    @physicsgirl 7 лет назад +4399

    This is one of the coolest demos I've ever seen.

    • @rayanalmaimani4392
      @rayanalmaimani4392 7 лет назад +36

      Physics Girl hi 😁

    • @ApprenticeDoge
      @ApprenticeDoge 7 лет назад +38

      Physics Girl idk who you are but I feel like you're important so HI

    • @PracticalEngineeringChannel
      @PracticalEngineeringChannel  7 лет назад +166

      Thanks!

    • @anteconfig5391
      @anteconfig5391 7 лет назад +16

      holy crap it's Physics Girl!!
      I didn't know you comment on youtube just like any other commoner.
      Mind... blown...
      Haven't seen you videos in a while, I get stuck watching pbs space time and smartereverday whenever I'm not watching computerphile or someother tech stuff .
      Don't worry though you haven't lost a viewer or anything.

    • @reigny6256
      @reigny6256 7 лет назад +5

      Physics Girl Hi physics girl!

  • @driceyt4252
    @driceyt4252 7 лет назад +7575

    I didn't even know I wanted to learn about sink holes.

    • @DuDe1040
      @DuDe1040 7 лет назад +32

      Did you forgot to take your meds?

    • @fawndoe1917
      @fawndoe1917 7 лет назад +26

      Don't cut yourself on all that edge

    • @raptorguy3493
      @raptorguy3493 7 лет назад +3

      DuDe1040 careful there don't fall

    • @davefrance3721
      @davefrance3721 7 лет назад +4

      I bet you are also grateful to Blue Apron Farm fresh foods. Especially if you have just moved home and not even thinking about shopping for groceries...

    • @DuDe1040
      @DuDe1040 7 лет назад

      The funny thing is you dont even realize to what we are referencing.Fucking idiot.

  • @B_Skizzle
    @B_Skizzle 7 лет назад +622

    I'm not entirely sure why RUclips recommended an engineering video to me but I did quite enjoy it.

    • @saumitrachakravarty
      @saumitrachakravarty 6 лет назад +5

      RUclips AI can read your mind now, beware!

    • @patricks9057
      @patricks9057 6 лет назад +1

      I'm in the same boat.

    • @BroArmyCommander
      @BroArmyCommander 6 лет назад

      Then that's why

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 6 лет назад +1

      Welcome to the world of Practical Engineering. Please enjoy your stay.

    • @talienakaru
      @talienakaru 6 лет назад +1

      i was watching Xenoverse 2 modding video's but saw this and came here... who knew sink holes was part of gamming.. ooo wait they are.. the money sink!! but my joke aside i found the video very good so thanks for taking the time to make it.

  • @wolfgangrodemich7822
    @wolfgangrodemich7822 3 года назад +351

    Me: Why do humans have two nostrils not just one?
    Practical Engineering: WATER

    • @trinityy-7
      @trinityy-7 3 года назад +40

      well yes, without water everything would die and nostrils will no longer exist

    • @chunkyegg8472
      @chunkyegg8472 3 года назад +7

      @@trinityy-7 dude stop

    • @mokongthe3856
      @mokongthe3856 3 года назад +21

      @@chunkyegg8472 he be right tho. So We should all hail the wet water

    • @thumuslol
      @thumuslol 3 года назад +2

      Anus

    • @andreingramakadjscrewrip7372
      @andreingramakadjscrewrip7372 3 года назад +2

      @@mokongthe3856 Water isn't wet, though

  • @Legority
    @Legority 6 лет назад +3742

    Me: “why did my parents divorce?”
    You: “ *w a t e r* “

  • @satchboogie2058
    @satchboogie2058 7 лет назад +2157

    Dude, this is like the Bob Ross of engineering.

    • @tgsoon2002
      @tgsoon2002 7 лет назад +9

      @sportster1988 Dude what are you talking about.

    • @Username-yn7bb
      @Username-yn7bb 7 лет назад +8

      Nguyen Ngoc Kien You look like a wet paper towel

    • @Blaze22F
      @Blaze22F 7 лет назад +60

      *Happy little sinkholes*

    • @skylineqrt4
      @skylineqrt4 7 лет назад

      Insert mom joke here

    • @somewhitedude01
      @somewhitedude01 7 лет назад

      skylineqrt4 she is the joke!

  • @rabornevines7399
    @rabornevines7399 6 лет назад +1451

    You do the sponsored videos the best. "This is this video's sponsor. More on that later." I like not having to watch a 1 minute commercial at the beginning of the video.

    • @arekkrol9758
      @arekkrol9758 6 лет назад +65

      i even watched it instead of skipping because of that

    • @TheICGames
      @TheICGames 5 лет назад +12

      A lot of youtubers do that to. I believe the infographics show does that too. They imo have the best transition to an ad

    • @mew2o635
      @mew2o635 5 лет назад

      hqdnwrj4qgen4qjqhgaw
      recommended ep. 4

    • @moisesmarquez7564
      @moisesmarquez7564 5 лет назад +13

      @@arekkrol9758 I usually let it play while i read comments like this onelol

    • @fruitella196
      @fruitella196 5 лет назад +6

      A GHØST ew the infographics show, the most inaccurate channel on RUclips. Watch something like wendover productions or half as interesting instead

  • @martinbarba7689
    @martinbarba7689 3 года назад +82

    "Be the water my friend" said Bruce Lee, aparentlly knows abot civil engineering

  • @BlueBetaPro
    @BlueBetaPro 7 лет назад +1554

    Your demos are always awesome. Makes the little kid inside me really happy to see water and sand physics again.

  • @signaturerush
    @signaturerush 5 лет назад +2610

    Pothole:who are you?
    Sinkhole:I'm you but stronger

    • @DeathByLego
      @DeathByLego 5 лет назад +64

      Yeah you’ve never been to South Carolina. I swear some of them are sinkholes

    • @malissamaehill
      @malissamaehill 4 года назад +15

      Why just. Why

    • @thegamingraven1691
      @thegamingraven1691 4 года назад +18

      Malissamaehill Malissahill why not

    • @signaturerush
      @signaturerush 4 года назад +10

      @StanleyCole12 oof

    • @benjaminfortune2707
      @benjaminfortune2707 4 года назад +4

      He did a video on potholes too. However, if I remember correctly they're basically the opposite of sinkholes.

  • @nuruluin9840
    @nuruluin9840 5 лет назад +373

    came for homework, stayed for the quality!

  • @tamaralewis2766
    @tamaralewis2766 4 года назад +48

    Thank you for the explanation. We were hiking the other day in a place that has limestone sinkholes and it fascinated my 9 year old son, so we set out to find out why they happen. He enjoyed your explanation and we both learned quite a bit!

    • @jerrymiller2367
      @jerrymiller2367 2 года назад +3

      Experiences like that can put someone on the path to a civil engineering career.

    • @anarchosnowflakist786
      @anarchosnowflakist786 2 года назад +3

      @@jerrymiller2367 tragic 😔 (/s)

  • @TheBUGZNTA
    @TheBUGZNTA 7 лет назад +27

    Nothing better than learning about something you didn't know you wanted to learn about. Channels like your are really the best on youtube.

  • @tokutickler
    @tokutickler 5 лет назад +637

    Me: Watches Dank Memes
    RUclips: You seem like the civil engineering type of guy

  • @GearDownForWhat
    @GearDownForWhat 7 лет назад +1875

    Holy shit that's like the one question that everyone wants an answer to, but they don't even know it.

    • @geeleiia8807
      @geeleiia8807 7 лет назад +10

      i think i know you XD

    • @GearDownForWhat
      @GearDownForWhat 7 лет назад +24

      Haha thats awesome! It's almost like I'm famous!

    • @therealfastmoneyjay
      @therealfastmoneyjay 7 лет назад +1

      Gear Down For What? I'm ur 200th like!!!! woohooo

    • @Whatever-mx3bt
      @Whatever-mx3bt 7 лет назад

      Gear Down For What? maybe I should've posted a video 5 years back, but my explanation wouldn't have been so detailed. Probably took a while to figure out the details.

    • @NotEUSA
      @NotEUSA 7 лет назад +1

      Gear Down For What? exactly

  • @Olafandlafandlaf
    @Olafandlafandlaf 3 года назад +100

    My question is what sort of things do engineers do to 'avoid' internal erosion? Sinkholes can happen in modern cities that have high building standards. Is it difficult to stop internal erosion from happening? What are the ways to minimise it? Thanks and great video.

    • @sorsalala3906
      @sorsalala3906 3 года назад +16

      just some of my thoughts so take them with a grain of salt
      1. take probes of the soil and excavate and change it if necesarry(very expensive so most likely not often used, if ever)
      2. controll the waterflow in the soil better, maybe with some blockades or a waterproof layer, so it cant reach deeper then the engineers want to

    • @Arjunkumar-dw8rw
      @Arjunkumar-dw8rw 3 года назад +14

      Trees are the only thing that can hold water and soil
      Just plant them

    • @Tony_Goat
      @Tony_Goat 2 года назад +23

      @@Arjunkumar-dw8rw Trees are pretty and good for holding in soil, but I've seen their roots do some gnarly shit to water pipes that they happen to grow into. So either you're spending those days to deal with a sinkhole or you're spending days digging out a tree root that's grown into and blocking a water main.

    • @MyChannel773
      @MyChannel773 2 года назад +9

      @@Tony_Goat just reinforce around the pipe? either way i’d rather have to do water main maintenance than risk buildings falling down

    • @Vid_Master
      @Vid_Master 2 года назад +6

      @@Arjunkumar-dw8rw trees keep surface water in place, but their roots can break through pipes and barriers and cause sinkholes

  • @SlRENN
    @SlRENN 6 лет назад +102

    Ive waited years for such a wonderful demonstration of how sinkholes are made. Thank you.

    • @reaper_exd7498
      @reaper_exd7498 Год назад

      This aint the only way. Look into caves and limestone dissolving into gypsum.

    • @ivoryas1696
      @ivoryas1696 Год назад

      ​@@reaper_exd7498
      Well, to be fair, he didn't specifically say it was.

  • @cdawg3801
    @cdawg3801 7 лет назад +27

    Now these are the type of videos that actually deserve to be trending, not no "make up tutorials" that don't teach anything smart.

    • @dezee7944
      @dezee7944 7 лет назад

      Cristian's Aquarium CALLING THE SINKHOLE UNDERNEATH MY HOUSE (OMG ITS ACTUALLY ANSWERED)

    • @lesflynn4455
      @lesflynn4455 3 года назад +1

      I was searching for videos on "how to pout like a Kartrashian," and "affordable butt implants," but now I know practical stuff about compaction, bridges, thermal expansion and internal erosion.
      Ahem. I was lying about the Karcrashian stuff. Just trying to be funny. And probably failing.

  • @grady3130
    @grady3130 7 лет назад +394

    Grady, you're the man.

  • @peytonbaronne7336
    @peytonbaronne7336 2 года назад +16

    Hey Grady, I work as a crane operator for foundation contractor. We build foundation and set structures for transmission power lines. I'd love to see you do a video on vertical drill shafts and the science behind keeping them open. You make amazing videos man, keep up the great work

  • @trentthompson627
    @trentthompson627 5 лет назад +163

    The sand with the purple water reminded me of the jars of peanut butter and jelly mixed together.

    • @Spec_D
      @Spec_D 4 года назад +10

      Mmm...goober.

    • @maddox9001
      @maddox9001 4 года назад +3

      those are for goo bers silly

    • @zerosumgame5700
      @zerosumgame5700 3 года назад

      Yay! Someone else remembers Goober! I'm more partial to a Fluffernutter sandwich with Banana slices, but that gets hard to choke down without something to drink, so I don't attempt to compare it to jellied sandwiches.

    • @fredgervinm.p.3315
      @fredgervinm.p.3315 3 года назад

      Franken-stuff (cheese injected) Hot dogs and Hawaiian Punch...

  • @NostalgiCrazy
    @NostalgiCrazy 7 лет назад +2450

    So is it rational to have a fear of sinkholes? Considering they can be forming anywhere where there's a leaky pipe? How do I know!? :(

    • @prosackmetheus5409
      @prosackmetheus5409 7 лет назад +263

      Sebizzar
      You don't, unless you work as a city plumber.

    • @Tbob2141
      @Tbob2141 7 лет назад +260

      Prosack Metheus and even then, you still won't know

    • @NostalgiCrazy
      @NostalgiCrazy 7 лет назад +403

      *fear intensifies*

    • @prosackmetheus5409
      @prosackmetheus5409 7 лет назад +220

      Sebizzar
      Sinkholes are indeed one of the scariest natural phenomena. A friend of mine from Ireland lives two blocks away from a MASSIVE sinkhole.

    • @prosackmetheus5409
      @prosackmetheus5409 7 лет назад +134

      Sebizzar
      Only places with poor maintenance and lots of rain.

  • @LordDecapo
    @LordDecapo 7 лет назад +347

    I'll donate to ur page if u promise to keep making those demonstrations. even as an adult I love those kinds things so much.

  • @adillpickle6762
    @adillpickle6762 4 года назад +13

    Thank you for posting. I was a Forensic Geophysicist for 40 years. Sinkholes were my primary investigations. I never called a washout from piping a sinkhole though- We called the self inflicted washout for the press and local agencies as to not relate them to a natural due to fear factor. Educating the public is the hardest part of engineering LOL

    • @MrTwinkieeater
      @MrTwinkieeater 9 месяцев назад

      If I have a known sinkhole with a diameter of 20 meters and depth of one meter and is in a known mostly karst area and it holds rain water for over 4 dry weeks after the last rain, could that sinkhole sink anymore?

    • @adillpickle6762
      @adillpickle6762 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrTwinkieeater Sounds like it may be a cover collapse type sinkhole and may have sealed itself when it collapsed. When to roof of a void or cavern collapses, it can naturally drop the soils from above and like a funnel effect seals itself with the surface soils and materials. You can place stakes on 4 sides at the top and run string tight across to each stake and take periodic measurements in the middle to see if it still shows signs of subsidence. Sounds like you don't have much to worry about since it holds water for long periods of time.

    • @MrTwinkieeater
      @MrTwinkieeater 9 месяцев назад

      @@adillpickle6762 thank you so much for your information and quick response. I really appreciate you sharing your expertise. That does give me some piece of mind.

    • @adillpickle6762
      @adillpickle6762 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrTwinkieeater I hope I helped. I'm retired now but I used to be know internationally with subsidence issues.
      Good luck

  • @ZiMZiLLA
    @ZiMZiLLA 7 лет назад +164

    Shoulda done this video last month to celebrate Sinkhole de Mayo

  • @AirborneSurfer
    @AirborneSurfer 7 лет назад +256

    Water is patient. Water waits.

  • @cesaravila7616
    @cesaravila7616 5 лет назад +45

    Hi I am a civil engineer, from TJ Mexico, good videos you explain things simple, just like often do to order people but Whit out the models..
    Keep up the good work..👷

  • @hsidsi
    @hsidsi 4 года назад +103

    The video was from 3 years ago... Do you think I can still be one of the first 100 people applying for the 3 free meals? 🤔

    • @bengal4047
      @bengal4047 3 года назад +11

      Depends on how slow the other 99 ppl were

    • @BlackCowboy0
      @BlackCowboy0 3 года назад +4

      Yes

  • @TheDoctorPretzel
    @TheDoctorPretzel 7 лет назад +85

    As a plumber I've seen this happen, we once started digging a hole for a burst water main and the surface collapsed below our feet! Luckily it was only about a foot drop 😂

    • @O.M.96
      @O.M.96 7 лет назад +3

      TheDoctorPretzel u can see the dirt move slowly & crack before it caves in

  • @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff
    @SteveFrenchWoodNStuff 7 лет назад +120

    If a civil engineer gets mad and acts irate, are they still a civil engineer?

  • @Z3R0F1V3
    @Z3R0F1V3 5 лет назад +269

    me at 2am thinking about going to sleep
    sees this video: *I DONT NEED SLEEP I NEED ANSWERS*

    • @renosgarage7451
      @renosgarage7451 4 года назад

      Yeah its 2am and I'm reading this, nice

    • @zaidg6299
      @zaidg6299 4 года назад +2

      I proudly gave you your 69th like can I get a nice

    • @ethanpettit6418
      @ethanpettit6418 4 года назад

      It’s funny cause I saw this at 2am and I thought the exact same thing

    • @darkestfriend7281
      @darkestfriend7281 4 года назад

      Jaguars Fan man I missed it 8am gang rise up

    • @jolantaalksare5481
      @jolantaalksare5481 4 года назад

      Same

  • @beakytwitch7905
    @beakytwitch7905 3 года назад +8

    The drainage erosion holes under an asphalt road can be so big that they get measured in DDBs (Double Decker Buses). I came across a 0.5 DDB hole in Scotland a few years ago and rang the highways department engineer to report it. I gave location and suggested that they quickly measure the volume, then order concrete and fill it up before the road collapses. Next time I passed, what had been a huge hole was just concrete.

  • @ThisOldTony
    @ThisOldTony 7 лет назад +81

    great demo!

    • @willierants5880
      @willierants5880 7 лет назад +1

      Okay, who let the TOT in here?

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 6 лет назад

      +WillieRants Water.

    • @theescoderovi127
      @theescoderovi127 6 лет назад

      This Old Ton the zee is that you have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have a look at

  • @ДавидХернандес
    @ДавидХернандес 7 лет назад +542

    Minecraft lied, you *CAN* break bedrock!

    • @vailabegaming8142
      @vailabegaming8142 5 лет назад +5

      Of course, are you dumb?

    • @vailabegaming8142
      @vailabegaming8142 5 лет назад

      @Spekify What?

    • @vailabegaming8142
      @vailabegaming8142 5 лет назад +1

      @Spekify Please clarify the joke then.

    • @accuratejaney8140
      @accuratejaney8140 5 лет назад +13

      @@vailabegaming8142 m8, bedrock in minecraft is one of the unbreakable blocks

    • @TheGamingNoob-ug8ds
      @TheGamingNoob-ug8ds 5 лет назад +8

      @@vailabegaming8142 unbreakable blocks = barriers , command block (unless in creative ), end portal block , bedrock and a /fill repeat command block ( in short it's making a block next to it over and over if u break it it just comes back

  • @Mahtt
    @Mahtt 7 лет назад +63

    You should check out the town I live in. It's Palmyra, in Pennsylvania. It's the sinkhole capital in the nation. It's horrible, just about every road/house ends up having a singhole. Hell I have 4 huge ones behind my house. We just build a new firehouse for 1.2 million dollars, and right when we where about to have a grand opening, a huge 15 foot by 15 foot sing hole opened up right in the driveway. LOL.

    • @postmortemspasm
      @postmortemspasm 7 лет назад +12

      Id love a singhole, sounds lovely. a hole that sings? what a world we live in

    • @meldinssti3311
      @meldinssti3311 7 лет назад +1

      Cygnet I live in Fraser Michigan we had a sinkhole that put the state in a state of emergency lol

    • @leslietaylor4458
      @leslietaylor4458 6 лет назад

      Try Perryville missouri... perry county Missouri has more registered caves than any other county in the us

    • @SheafferSelect
      @SheafferSelect 6 лет назад

      I am near you (Lancaster) but in palmyra weekly
      Sinkhole Saloon is one restaurant that I used to sell wine too when I was a sales rep few years back

    • @rufus5208
      @rufus5208 6 лет назад +1

      Dude wtf, why are you laughing? You're lucky your house didn't get swallowed by that sink hole.

  • @kanapathysima9550
    @kanapathysima9550 4 месяца назад +6

    Came to watch this video following an incident in Malaysia whereby a woman was swallowed by a sinkhole

  • @iLOVEpalestineNlebanonFOREVER
    @iLOVEpalestineNlebanonFOREVER 7 лет назад +1954

    "Why am I gay?"
    "Water."

    • @gulaurfo6104
      @gulaurfo6104 7 лет назад +41

      Nothing wrong with being gay.

    • @HSingKing
      @HSingKing 7 лет назад +90

      Biologically wrong, but financially not..lol

    • @Multibe150
      @Multibe150 7 лет назад +63

      Without water, you wouldn't be alive, and per say, gay.

    • @k-link5151
      @k-link5151 7 лет назад +1

      Big Brother 8

    • @MaxenR6
      @MaxenR6 7 лет назад +2

      Hey follow me on Instagram I post daily!@maxen.px

  • @The.Talent
    @The.Talent 7 лет назад +65

    I remember my brother teaching me about how water changes things and in his best Jeff Goldblum impersonation he said "water uh, finds a way".

    • @angogoblogian4390
      @angogoblogian4390 7 лет назад +1

      After reading your comment, I said that phrase about ten times trying to perfect my Jeff goldblum. XD, good stuff m8.

    • @b43xoit
      @b43xoit 6 лет назад

      Your brother has DHMO awareness.

  • @kimdicillo8518
    @kimdicillo8518 5 лет назад +78

    Most of the world is water.
    Water is dangerous.
    We drink water.
    What is it doing inside of us?

    • @Joshua_Starshard
      @Joshua_Starshard 5 лет назад +10

      They say that water is essential for life.
      Me: surprised pikachu face.

    • @Motowad
      @Motowad 4 года назад +5

      Vsauce, Michael here.

    • @piduino
      @piduino 4 года назад +4

      Sinking to your holes

    • @pflaffik
      @pflaffik 3 года назад +3

      Water is extremely dangerous if you are a crispy lifeform. Put a biscuit in gasoline - it stays crispy, put it in water - it softens and then dissolves.

    • @elitedima9672
      @elitedima9672 3 года назад +3

      All people who drank water are dead by now. In fact water causes 100% chance of death.

  • @FnD4212
    @FnD4212 4 месяца назад +5

    I keep pointing out to your video when the latest victim of my neighboring country has similar case. It claim 1 victim that we do not know her fate yet.

  • @northatlantic2723
    @northatlantic2723 5 лет назад +63

    Excellent video! I like all the demo setups you build. This is so much clearer and intuitively understandable than a diagram in a textbook (and I've seen a lot of those). I knew how sinkoles form, but I watched just to see you explain it the way you do. Thanks for making all these videos!

  • @BryceDearden
    @BryceDearden 7 лет назад +16

    So happy you're back Grady!!

  • @nacoran
    @nacoran 7 лет назад +50

    When I was a kid the water pipe coming into our house sprung a leak. They sent someone out to look at it and determined it was on their side of the valve, and decided since it was late Friday and the flow wasn't too bad that they would save some overtime by fixing it Monday. My brother and I played in the water and sand all weekend and had a grand old time! (My back got sunburnt!)
    Anyway, Monday rolled around and they showed up with a backhoe, which promptly had one of its tires break through and collapse part of the road. By the time they got it out the hole was probably 6 feet across, right in the middle of the road. I suspect they failed on the cost benefit analysis portion overall.
    I make a point, anytime I see water coming out of somewhere it shouldn't, to make sure whoever is in charge knows about it. The people usually are pretty dismissive, so I tell them that story to give them an idea of what can happen if they don't deal with it quickly.

    • @TheAnantaSesa
      @TheAnantaSesa 7 лет назад +3

      Feng shui says any leaky pipe will manifest a drain on the responsible person's finances so they recommend fixing leaks ASAP with urgency. The OP story is a piece of evidence why.

    • @BicyclesMayUseFullLane
      @BicyclesMayUseFullLane 7 лет назад

      While feng shui is mostly bullshit, there are some nuggets of life tip within.

    • @TheAnantaSesa
      @TheAnantaSesa 7 лет назад

      +Mingwei Zhang, yeah. I wonder how much of that philosophy is a response to their culture and climate and how much is independent of culture in its' effect.

  • @froskoausto9121
    @froskoausto9121 Год назад +1

    Hello from Darwin Australia, I fell into a sinkhole at work a few years ago. A very scary experience l would never want to repeat. Thanks for the video

  • @rodevans602
    @rodevans602 5 лет назад +14

    Bravo!
    As an erstwhile Hydrogeologist I must say I’ve never seen these processes described better...

  • @AirCannonChannel
    @AirCannonChannel 7 лет назад +817

    Very cool to watch, now let's go build it on a larger scale!-.

  • @spicynoodle8870
    @spicynoodle8870 7 лет назад +198

    Make a Piping Video! Love what you're doing, I'm thinking of becoming an engineer.

    • @dphkommentare7267
      @dphkommentare7267 7 лет назад +4

      But to do that you would have to stop being a weeb. jk

    • @k1ngjulien_
      @k1ngjulien_ 7 лет назад +3

      One Puch Man is the only anime i've ever watched, I think it's great. Really funny show :D.

    • @cheesse9yearsand
      @cheesse9yearsand 7 лет назад +1

      Spicynoodle88 dad is that you

    • @iqbal7631
      @iqbal7631 7 лет назад +3

      Spicynoodle88 Think again

    • @TheRealE.B.
      @TheRealE.B. 7 лет назад +5

      Don't you mean you're think about *what kind* of engineer you want to become? ;)

  • @le_th_
    @le_th_ Год назад +1

    Super cool of you to provide free (accurate) education to the public online. Keep up the great work!

  • @ananz9233
    @ananz9233 7 лет назад +163

    oh. that's why there is "dirty" water and holes infront of my condo
    and day later a huge hole and there's a big pipe under it.
    and the pipe was broken

  • @sebbes333
    @sebbes333 7 лет назад +298

    4:38 We should invent see-through asphalt! ;P

    • @PracticalEngineeringChannel
      @PracticalEngineeringChannel  7 лет назад +20

      Yes!

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios 7 лет назад +35

      Sion #glassphalt

    • @MegaMGstudios
      @MegaMGstudios 7 лет назад +10

      לביא גלזמן lol we commented the same thing seconds after each other

    • @Saareem
      @Saareem 7 лет назад +36

      bridges would be terrifying for people with the fear of heights. 😂

    • @kevinhin8211
      @kevinhin8211 7 лет назад +9

      Eemeli Saarelainen sinkholes don't really occur on bridges so I don't think there would be a need for see through bridges but who knows

  • @Ratlins9
    @Ratlins9 5 лет назад +14

    Grady, love your videos. Excellent explanations, scale models, photos, demonstrations, etc. Thanks for making these interesting and educational videos.

  • @WinterbornMT
    @WinterbornMT 2 года назад +2

    I really enjoy your videos! I took a few semesters of physics in college and I really think just that little bit of understanding of the way I interact with the world makes everything more interesting. I think you have a great way of breaking things down to a level most people can understand but it's fun to learn.

  • @fashionfreakak
    @fashionfreakak 6 лет назад +8

    Just randomly came across this video. It was very informative. I learned something new and the visual demonstration helped me understand it better. Keep up the good work.

  • @avocares
    @avocares 7 лет назад +120

    I recognize those streets, Seattle!

  • @ezabala
    @ezabala 7 лет назад +7

    Wow! Your videos rock! They explain so much more than those civil engineering lectures back in school. Keep up the great work Grady!

  • @timdegraw1784
    @timdegraw1784 3 года назад +3

    Just found your channel. Utterly amazing, very impressive sir.

  • @edwinvasquez6702
    @edwinvasquez6702 4 года назад +49

    Practical Engineering: the answer is water
    Me: Why was I born
    My Parents: water

  • @PizzaaTimee
    @PizzaaTimee 7 лет назад +28

    why cant my lectures be this interesting

  • @ruthielalastor2209
    @ruthielalastor2209 5 лет назад +14

    I'm so glad you have demos and scale models. They help me understand the concepts more thoroughly. You're awesome, man. Thank you. :)

  • @OriginalOWL
    @OriginalOWL 3 года назад

    I just came to say that when your video came up in my recommended I read it as "How Do Stinkholes Form?" and clicked immediately. Nice marketing technique!

  • @joonasfi
    @joonasfi 7 лет назад +292

    I'm a simple man I see a video from Grady I press like.

  • @PendragonDaGreat
    @PendragonDaGreat 7 лет назад +40

    Where did you find that map at 3:52? Because I know that's Seattle, because I live in Seattle.

    • @PracticalEngineeringChannel
      @PracticalEngineeringChannel  7 лет назад +47

      Haha, yep it's Seattle. They have a good online viewer for all the subsurface city utilities.

    • @tfoen7678
      @tfoen7678 7 лет назад +6

      Interesting. Was it made with Google maps or a Microsoft-formatted program? Curious minds want to know or is it shh???

    • @treekangaroo.7691
      @treekangaroo.7691 7 лет назад

      Fellow Seattleite.

    • @brina33007
      @brina33007 7 лет назад

      Are you ready for *_The Mega Thrust_*

  • @x9x9x9x9x9
    @x9x9x9x9x9 7 лет назад +172

    Sink holes are my biggest irrational fear. Seriously afraid I will fall asleep and wake up at the bottom of one or not wake up at all because the ground swallowed me.

    • @KoalaProductions
      @KoalaProductions 7 лет назад +22

      Same. That fear worsened for me when a sinkhole opened up only one block away from my house and it destroyed an intersection in the road and it took 2 weeks to fix it.

    • @seanstrickland4970
      @seanstrickland4970 7 лет назад +20

      Nick Lemke I'd like to say you are crazy but my niece had one open up in her front yard while playing and she almost died or would of been seriously hurt but managed to catch herself lol they did a news story on it so I guess it's not really that irrational lol

    • @x9x9x9x9x9
      @x9x9x9x9x9 7 лет назад +15

      sean strickland what makes it irration for me is I live in Oklahoma where the ground is clay so sink holes don't really happen here.

    • @brianlim3345
      @brianlim3345 7 лет назад +2

      x9x9x9x9x9 lol if u get swallowed u wouldnt be waking up

    • @x9x9x9x9x9
      @x9x9x9x9x9 7 лет назад +11

      Except for that split second of "oh shit im falling!" Or in the case of the man in florida long enough to cry for help but die before it gets there.

  • @adobenumpty
    @adobenumpty 2 месяца назад

    I went to a subsidence forum recently. I learnt more in this video than I did the entire day!

  • @bentack33
    @bentack33 5 лет назад +27

    I’ve always wanted to learn how these form, thank you practical engineering

  • @seventh8822
    @seventh8822 7 лет назад +74

    "We all know about erosion"
    What if I don't know about erosion?

  • @jessstuart7495
    @jessstuart7495 7 лет назад +11

    2:42 Karst Topography.
    Ground water can also support the roofs of underground caverns. Citrus farms (Florida) will pump large volumes of groundwater from their wells to reduce the risk of frost damage to crops on extra cold nights. This can trigger many sinkholes to open up to the surface.

  • @ExtraWeenieSauce
    @ExtraWeenieSauce 3 года назад +1

    His videos are really interesting, I can sit for hours learning about something like a low head dam, or bridges, and hydraulic jumps.

  • @ASCE1992
    @ASCE1992 7 лет назад +11

    Sinkholes in our area are very common due to the Karst formation. Well done and gives an additional tool to explain sinkholes to our clients.

  • @Yartarb
    @Yartarb 6 лет назад +1204

    So if I live in a basement apartment I’ll be gone first?? 😭😭😭😭

    • @theo7340
      @theo7340 6 лет назад +226

      roxo166 yes, that’s how falling works

    • @yarilizmorales5584
      @yarilizmorales5584 6 лет назад +1

      roxo166 same.

    • @vinceallenmeneses5883
      @vinceallenmeneses5883 6 лет назад +53

      thats why you have to
      stay in school.

    • @devonneward4952
      @devonneward4952 6 лет назад

      YEEEZ

    • @suavegrips3184
      @suavegrips3184 6 лет назад +40

      Joeizbest weighing the pros and cons, I'd rather die quickly under a collapsed building than be burned alive in a trapped one

  • @pedrobomfim1155
    @pedrobomfim1155 7 лет назад +29

    Engineer, this is the first video of yours that I watch. It had just appeared on my recommend list. Pretty good stuff, gotta say =). Could you do an analysis on "O desastre de Mariana" or "Mariana's Disaster". It is a Brazilian catastrophe that happened because of a mineral dam that broke up and flooded many cities. Thanks a lot, keep up with the great job!!

    • @OneDirection2V
      @OneDirection2V 7 лет назад

      Pedro Bomfim what a coincidence. It is the first video I watch from this channel also. Unfortunetely it is also the last cause I am not planning on subscribing. maybe I should to be less of an ignorant... 😧😧😞

    • @SwordBlaze
      @SwordBlaze 7 лет назад

      Pedro Bomfim Great idea!

  • @demsyciu
    @demsyciu 2 года назад +1

    Your explanation is the best here! It's answer the question i had in mind regarding the sinkhole

  • @Misack8
    @Misack8 7 лет назад +29

    Please, do the piping video. You mentioned Teton Dam, but may I sujest you take a look too at the Mariana's Dam disaster aka Bento Rodrigues dam disaster that happened in Brazil in late 2015. I think it wasn't just a bad planned upgrade to the dam or negligency, but a continuous erosion that was neglected and a last minute fix that could have made everything worse.
    Anyways, do make a video about piping.

  • @planetlexicon
    @planetlexicon 7 лет назад +14

    Cool video. Your voice is so soothing.

  • @moth.monster
    @moth.monster 6 лет назад +25

    "How are babies made?"
    "Water."

  • @ingGS
    @ingGS Год назад +1

    I just would like to add, even if the flow is confined you can still have erosion at the exit due to the high hydraulic gradient locally. Great video!

  • @haqeeqee
    @haqeeqee 4 года назад +6

    I left this video, trusting the ground beneath my feet far less than I did before I watched the video.

  • @MrCow579
    @MrCow579 7 лет назад +6

    a 500mm high-pressure waterpipe bursted the other day near my house, causing the road to expand up until they shut off the water on the pipe, which caused it to collapse into a sinkhole. pretty interesting to see

  • @youli3568
    @youli3568 7 лет назад +447

    Why did my parents get divorced?
    *water*

    • @KoalaProductions
      @KoalaProductions 7 лет назад +26

      She wet the bed too much.

    • @KoalaProductions
      @KoalaProductions 7 лет назад +28

      Your mom's sink hole was fake news.

    • @Boogers32150
      @Boogers32150 7 лет назад +3

      LagiNaLangAko23 - GOTEM

    • @Elmo2340
      @Elmo2340 7 лет назад +55

      It was internal erosion

    • @HandledToaster2
      @HandledToaster2 7 лет назад +25

      this is why I read comments before even finishing the video

  • @FinancialFaiz
    @FinancialFaiz 2 месяца назад

    01:12 Me disappointing my parents
    Parents: Why are you the way you are?
    Me: Water.

  • @dysfunctional_vet
    @dysfunctional_vet 7 лет назад +10

    i have always be aware of the underground hydrology, (7th grade science taught by a geologist) and started to learn how to surface as well as the sub surface is in constant motion. the water aspect, from tectonics to erosion is a curious thing. i appreciate you showing these videos, i have seen others but did not comment on them at the time. these are well done and clear and easy to understand. thank you for this presentation

  • @flowerstar0196
    @flowerstar0196 7 лет назад +173

    Moving out of Florida ✈️

    • @user-hw1wb6lh6h
      @user-hw1wb6lh6h 6 лет назад +5

      Flo Rida

    • @user-us5kq2yv3e
      @user-us5kq2yv3e 6 лет назад

      D
      Rida dlo

    • @anonymousfrog1334
      @anonymousfrog1334 6 лет назад +2

      Moved out of Florida and I’m no longer scared of sink holes

    • @mystery785
      @mystery785 6 лет назад +4

      Massi Jovial CA is a safe place right...
      Oh wait... 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @NostalgiCrazy
      @NostalgiCrazy 6 лет назад +1

      I'll just be sad if we lose Disney World lol :(

  • @timothyford1534
    @timothyford1534 6 лет назад +4

    That was a neat simplistic way to view the process of sinkhole formation. I have my own thoughts on other things that cause them to form. Like downed foliage that ends up sub surface, or large root systems that are not excavated from the ground, after trees are felled, and are in areas that stay relatively moist and in turn decay leaving voids in the ground. My thinking is that gives a good jump start on the whole thing.

  • @careise
    @careise 3 года назад +2

    Great video! My first grader and I really enjoyed watching it. My son said this was the best sink hole video/explanation that he has ever seen. 😃👍 Thank you so much for sharing it.

  • @TAG-1984
    @TAG-1984 7 лет назад +14

    so great to see your having so much succes Grady :). Perfect voice aswell!

  • @airpod24
    @airpod24 6 лет назад +25

    a small sinkhole in my cafeteria at school destroyed the food area. I guess no mystery meat for today...

    • @SupersuMC
      @SupersuMC 6 лет назад +6

      Good. You know what's in the mystery meat, though?
      Water.

    • @fruitella196
      @fruitella196 5 лет назад +2

      Supersum Creations *0h n0*

  • @gavinmagness9009
    @gavinmagness9009 7 лет назад +131

    1:03
    What is that? I've never seen that before.

    • @kckcmctcrc
      @kckcmctcrc 7 лет назад +44

      Gavin, I suspect it's a hill that's been eroded by rain water. These are pretty much everywhere.

    • @DonVitoCS2workshop
      @DonVitoCS2workshop 7 лет назад +51

      water

    • @mariediys2356
      @mariediys2356 7 лет назад

      TheToasties1 thabks

    • @Anon-mu8re
      @Anon-mu8re 7 лет назад +2

      Gavin Magness Ur dad.

    • @justasingledronevideo2583
      @justasingledronevideo2583 6 лет назад +4

      Gavin Magness
      I think this is called a “spoil tip.” I believe it has something to do with the after effects of mining, but I could certainly be wrong as it looks like there’s not a whole lot of room for mining to have gone on here. This image, though, was taken in Rummu, Estonia

  • @jenniferlindsey2015
    @jenniferlindsey2015 3 года назад

    As a CET, I love watching Post10 videos and this was the perfect video to explain to my BF how sinkholes form when a culvert is built and there is no ongoing inspection. Many areas refuse to fix the problems until failure occurs and wishing good-luck to anyone who may get injured.

  • @jamesneumann2003
    @jamesneumann2003 3 года назад +6

    This happened in my hometown Ipswich, Australia, in the middle of a busy road. Bad enough the town is already called a sinkhole because surrounding terrain.

  • @GoEvenHarder
    @GoEvenHarder 6 лет назад +19

    1:10 by that way of thinking now I gonna when my daughter ask me where the babies come from I will just say "water".

  • @DrumTeacherManila
    @DrumTeacherManila 4 года назад +6

    now I understand why Bruce Lee said "Be like water, my friend" .. such a gentle but destructive force...

  • @HopGrasser
    @HopGrasser 3 года назад

    This is my favourite video from this channel.
    Ive watched this at least 10 times so far

  • @themaskedone3154
    @themaskedone3154 7 лет назад +311

    I just clicked cause theres a toy car

  • @simonrydell5433
    @simonrydell5433 7 лет назад +82

    Is it then possible to screen for future sinkholes? Is this something that governments usually do?

    • @ElectroNeutrino
      @ElectroNeutrino 7 лет назад +32

      Ground penetrating sonar will let you know if there is a void below the surface, what size it is, and how far down, regular inspections will let you know if there are new voids, or if a known void is getting bigger.

    • @ells5656
      @ells5656 7 лет назад +1

      yes but the amount of ground there would be to check is too great for any amount of people to cover especially when the tech is so costly.

    • @dialecticalmonist3405
      @dialecticalmonist3405 7 лет назад +19

      The politician who invests money in disaster prevention is not likely to see the results of that investment. People will only see "higher taxes" and be angry at the politician.

    • @yourname5450
      @yourname5450 7 лет назад +2

      Simon Rydell Its something they SHOULD do...Because the US Gov't has a budget of $582.7 Billion for the 2017 fiscal year... which is something like 54% of its budget. (Thats just a quick google search number, Im not 100% but you get the picture of how much is going to JUST the military) I think the total US budget for 2017 is something around $3.43 Trillion... Again, these may not be exact figures.
      Maybe if the were to construct walls straight down every few hundred meters (Sorry, Yards lol) so as to prevent the ground from being able to move from one place to another. Im not an engineer, but it was just a thought.

    • @yourname5450
      @yourname5450 7 лет назад +5

      And sadly, NASA only recieves just under $20 billion. Thats just a fraction of what the Military recieves. So whats obvious here is, That we need less war, and more involvment into planetary space programs ("Hut-Hum", going to mars within my lifetime would be nice). I wasnt born yet for the moon landings, and I wish I was b/c that would of been a spectacular event to witness. I was just born a year BEFORE Halley's comet passed by in '86. So I wasnt old enough to appreciate its passing, Only saw it after the fact like everything else in space I missed. And lastly, even though I planned on seeing the Blood Moons we had a couple years ago (Or less, I cant remember exactly when they occured) But I missed them all and was quite upset about it... I need a telescope, I miss EVERYTHING Lol

  • @MrTdelgott
    @MrTdelgott 7 лет назад +61

    This is beautiful man, not only the video and its topic, but the way it is made ! I mean, i'm from France, and in here and espacially since like a year, is a massiv debate about "sponsored videos", every ones criticic any videomaker who earn money thanks to sponsoring, because : You only love cash ?! ... Well, You made the video interessting before talking about the sponsoring, then you did it ... Not every One does ! I found that very cool, so i wrote this text ... Excuse my english which is terrible.
    Lira bien qui voudra. Et venez pas me faire chier !
    Good bye friends ! :)

    • @kino4653
      @kino4653 6 лет назад +1

      Haha c'est fou comment les youtubeurs francophones sont critiqués négativement pour gagner de l'argent en faisant des vidéos xD

    • @panda-phat
      @panda-phat 6 лет назад

      @@kino4653 Your English really isn't terrible, it was perfectly understable, but could use some work :)

    • @NostalgiCrazy
      @NostalgiCrazy 6 лет назад +1

      Lol this is a cute comment XD

  • @marcschaeffer1584
    @marcschaeffer1584 3 года назад

    You need to make twice as many videos. Some of my favorite videos on the internet are yours.